AB 5 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

AB 5 requires Wisconsin school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents. School boards must post a list of adopted textbooks on their website and provide access to these materials within 14 days of a written request at no cost. The bill mandates that school boards establish procedures to ensure timely access to materials, while clarifying that this does not infringe on copyright law or override existing resident rights to access school records under other statutes. This directly affects school district residents (including parents and community members) and school boards in Wisconsin.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Oct 2025
Vetoed
Oct 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Vetoed Oct 31, 2025
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What changed between versions

Bill Text Text as Enrolled · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was converted from a draft proposal to the final enacted version, removing committee analysis, sponsor lists, and legislative history while adding official headers and navigation elements. The substantive policy content regarding school textbook inspection remains identical in both versions.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft-specific elements including the Legislative Reference Bureau analysis, sponsor names, committee referrals, and page numbering.

Added official 'Text as Enrolled' headers, website navigation links, and footer metadata typical of the final published statute.

Floor votes · Assembly Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Oct 31, 2025
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025
lower
Oct 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Oct 14, 2025
Amended
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Oct 14, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 43
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Knodl, Nedweski, Behnke, Allen, Brill, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Krug, Murphy, Piwowarczyk, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Nass and Wanggaard
lower
15 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors